Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets attendees after speaking during the 2013 America Bar Association (ABA) annual meeting on August 12, 2013 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

State officials across the South are aggressively moving ahead with new laws requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls after the Supreme Court decision striking down a portion of the Voting Rights Act.

The Republicans who control state legislatures throughout the region say such laws are needed to prevent voter fraud. But such fraud is extremely rare, and Democrats are concerned that the proposed changes will make it harder for many poor voters and members of minorities — who tend to vote Democratic — to cast their ballots in states that once discriminated against black voters with poll taxes and literacy tests. Full article

One Democrat who potentially has a lot to lose from suppressed voter turnout is Hillary Clinton, considered the front-runner for the Democratic nomination — should she choose to run. In San Francisco to address the American Bar Association Monday, Clinton painted a grim picture on voting rights post-SCOTUS ruling.